Though not yet officially announced, BlackBerry Ltd.’s next smartphone has appeared in several online inventory databases that collectively reveal its specs and even a release date.

As first noted by fan site Crackberry, outlets including B&H Photo briefly made the DTEK60 available for preorder earlier this month before abruptly taking it down.

The latest, according to U.K.-based gadget site Pocket-lint, was German retailer Media Markt, which listed it for sale on Oct. 25, indicating the device will be available not just in Canada and the U.S., but Europe as well.

According to Crackberry, via B&H Photo, the DTEK60’s specs will include:

1.6 GHz + 2.15 GHz Dual-Core CPUs (Snapdragon 820)

Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS

GSM/4G LTE support

32GB storage capacity

4GB of RAM

5.5″ AMOLED touchscreen display

QHD 2560 x 1440 Resolution

BlackBerry Convenience Key

microSDXC memory card slot

According to Crackberry, the DTEK60’s pre-order price on B&H Photo was $499.99, including a soft shell case and a BlackBerry RC-1500NA rapid travel charger, while Pocket-lint reported a European retail price of 600 Euro.

It’s important to note that BlackBerry itself has not commented on any of these rumours – but if true, the DTEK60 would be the company’s first device released since last month’s announcement that it would be exiting the smartphone market and outsourcing the design and manufacturing of future BlackBerry-branded hardware.

Before announcing its exit, the company had released the well-received DTEK50 in August, but also revealed that third-party Android developers could now licence its signature security and productivity software, essentially turning any Android-powered device into a BlackBerry.

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Sorry to say that is the complete wrong design for BlackBerry the only thing it will cause is intense competition. BlackBerry requires something completely brand new they can call their own and cannot be copied. I offered to work with BlackBerry, but under certain terms and conditions. BlackBerry showed no interests in investigating this offer. This leads me to believe Chen is just waiting out his term of employment and is going to take his $80M and run.

JimBobMalone

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Effilya De

dont go there with him. He is sadly delusional. Search his comments (he’ll luv ya for it) for the full, sad, “history”